I wonder if the more northern push of precip(rather than farther south) is an indication of how strong this El-Nino is??? OR it could just be that it is still early and we have not seen a true winter pattern set up as we did in the past few years of positive PNA and negative AO,it will be interesting to see whats happening by 12/1 although in some of the milder patterns(here)we sometimes do not see cold and snow until right between/after Christmas and New Years.

That said-there is a chance of snow here Friday...path and strength of the system are still in question right now and we have to get past this current storm first but it does look as though it "warms" back up after this cold snap...and it will be a cold snap relative to temps here lately but not nearly as cold as last years period 11/11-11-21.